Arsenic in private well water part 1 of 3: Impact of the New Jersey Private Well Testing Act on household testing and mitigation behavior

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 562, Issue , 2016, Pages 999-1009

  Flanagan, Sara V ^a,b,c   Spayd, Steven E ^c   Procopio, Nicholas A ^c   Chillrud, Steven N ^a   Braman, Stuart ^a   Zheng, Yan ^a,b,d  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Behavior; Drinking water; New Jersey; Policy; Private well testing

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; HEALTH RISKS; POTABLE WATER; PUBLIC POLICY; SALES; WATER;

ARSENIC EXPOSURE; BEHAVIOR; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; NEW JERSEY; POLICY INTERVENTION; PRIVATE WELLS; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; VULNERABLE GROUPS;

WELL TESTING;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; WELL WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; POLICY APPROACH; STANDARD (REGULATION); WELL WATER;

ACT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; NEW JERSEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE WELL TESTING ACT; SOCIAL STATUS; WATER ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAMILY SIZE; HOUSING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HOUSING; HUMANS; NEW JERSEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WATER WELLS;

EID: 84992291511     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.196     Document Type: Article

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